Posted on 09/12/2004 12:33:28 PM PDT by Travis McGee
Authentic or not, Bush memos no big deal to retired guardsmen
U.S. Servicemen React to Bush Guard Memos (spreading the lie)
Allegations of suspect conduct during the Vietnam war also have been leveled at John Kerry, who won three Purple Hearts, a Silver Star and a Bronze Star in Vietnam.
A group sponsoring television ads challenging his wartime record contends Kerry's own gunfire caused the wound that brought his first Purple Heart. Navy records and other veterans do not support the charge.
Ahmad Majied of Albany (GA) says the latest allegations about Bush's military record are more troubling to him than allegations about service honors leveled at Democratic challenger Kerry.
Majied, a Democrat from Albany who served 30 years in the Navy, including five years as a SEAL in Vietnam, said the memos support his belief that Bush was a "playboy" during his service years.
"He had enough money to get what he wanted," Majied said. "I think his main concern was not to go to Southeast Asia. I bet he never dreamed it would come back to haunt him."
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So Criminal Number 18F checked him out. Here's the reply from "authentiseal."
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Official Reply
NOT A SEAL
Thanks for checking with us - we greatly appreciate your interest in upholding the honor of the US Navy SEAL Teams, and your search for the TRUTH. If the name you provided was "spelled accurately", we do NOT have a listing for anyone named "Majied" in our entire database of slightly more than 10,000 names. Unless he has undertaken the unlikely action of a full legal name change since his claimed service with the SEAL Teams, I can state conclusively that the man NEVER completed SEAL training, and thus he is not now, nor was he ever a Navy SEAL. While there are other training steps that must be completed on the path to becoming a SEAL, BUD/S training is the first and most vital, and that training course is totally unclassified. Without having first completed BUD/S training, a man cannot go on to become a SEAL. There are definitely secret SEAL missions, but despite anything the man might have said, there are NO secret SEALs. If you choose to confront the man regarding his fraudulent SEAL claims, please show him this email message and invite him to contact me - a real SEAL - directly by email with information that will support his claims. I'd enjoy hearing his stories first hand, but I've extended this offer to literally thousands of individuals over the last three years, and in all that time I've received only a scant handful of replies, so I don't really expect to hear from him either.
Again, please visit our web page www.authentiseal.org/realitycheck.htm for some very specific information related to the realities of SEAL training, SEAL duties, and the claims most often made by SEAL imposters.
Thank you again for your assistance in upholding the honor of the US Navy SEAL Teams.
Respectfully, Gregory Platt
UDT/SEAL 1970-1974
SEAL Authentication Team - Investigator
"The only service where all investigators are US Navy SEALs"
Oops. Thought it was Albany, New York he was from, not Albany, Georgia. No problem though. He has probably been a resident of that state's prison system at some point in time.
One would think the "professionals" . . . see prostitutes and knee-pad replacement companies for more info . . . would finally "get it" that we're not taking their BS any more.
Way to go, Travis. Keep the bastards honest.
Ahmad spent Christmas in Cambodia with Kerry.
The guy has his phone number listed. I'm not a SEAL and so don't have standing to call but I'm sure the guys who authenticate SEAL team members would have no problem calling and asking about his bona fides.
There’s some indication that he’s a Navy Seal right here :
Majied, Ahmad
2710 Cambridge Road, Albany, GA 31721-1574
229-431-1144
MACM
1963-66
Well to be fair to AP, they just interviewed a guy on the street sort of thing. One normally doesn't check out the veracity of that sort of person's claims about his CV. Still, the more arteries of the MSM that are cut the merrier.
I guess Seals wear pajamas too.
But don't worry....I have a hands free cellular !....surf safe !!
Stay safe !
Even if the guy had changed his name after serving with the SEALs, wouldn't it have been in the AP's best interest to disclose that information? These shoddy reporting jobs are beginning to anger me. Rawr.
Cassius Clay changed both first and last names when he converted, as did the older of the two snipers who were terrifying the highways in Virginia, et al. Is there any way to check?
Find out whether ANY member could be in Vietnam for 5 years, and NOT get rotated to CONUS for as an instructor for training duty or other assignment.
and the problem with that is???????
I think you had it right the first time. See #89
I agree about being careful; however, if he had changed his name, his records, since he says he "retired" after 30 years, there would be a complete record of all changed throughout his career verifying his eligibility as "retired" and for benefits.
Believe me, if he's so proud that he's a retired SEAL, he'd make sure that everything was in order because all SEALs know of the Wall of Shame.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1214014/posts?page=54#54
Always a possibility.......Stay safe !
In all the Vietnam years, there were only 200 SEALs that served in Vietnam. Pretty easy to check out if the AP had tried.
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